5 Stocks With Ugly Earnings Surprises — RCL GLPW CIA DWSN IIIN

by Portfolio Grader | November 1, 2012 12:02 pm

This week, these five stocks have the worst ratings in Earnings Surprises, one of the eight Fundamental Categories on Portfolio Grader[1].

Royal Caribbean Cruises (NYSE:RCL[2]) owns five brands in the cruise vacation industry. RCL also gets an F in Earnings Growth. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of RCL stock[3].

Global Power Equipment Group (NASDAQ:GLPW[4]) designs, engineers, and manufactures gas turbine auxiliary equipment; and provides routine and specialty maintenance services to customers in the utility and industrial sectors. GLPW also gets F’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, Operating Margin Growth, and Sales Growth. Shares of the stock have declined 29% since January 1. This is worse than the Nasdaq, which has seen a 14.2% increase over the same period. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of GLPW stock[5].

Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN[8]) provides onshore seismic data acquisition and processing services in the United States. DWSN gets F’s in Earnings Momentum and Analyst Earnings Revisions as well. Shares of the stock have declined 40% since January 1. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of DWSN stock[9].

Insteel Industries (NASDAQ:IIIN[10]) manufactures and markets wire products. IIIN also gets F’s in Earnings Growth, Earnings Momentum, and Analyst Earnings Revisions. The price of IIIN is down 5.4% since the first of the year. The stock currently has a trailing PE Ratio of 114.1. For more information, get Portfolio Grader’s complete analysis of IIIN stock[11].

Louis Navellier’s proprietary Portfolio Grader[1] stock ranking system assesses roughly 5,000 companies every week based on a number of fundamental and quantitative measures. Stocks are given a letter grade based on their results — with A being “strong buy,” and F being “strong sell.” Explore the tool here[12].